Fast Food Nation

Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Scholsser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.

ISBN 0395977894   Pages 288 ISBN13 9780395977897 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Houghton Mifflin   Weight (grammes) 664 Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)   Published in Boston Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 19 Jun 2001   Width (mm) 161 Library of Congress 00053886   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 306.4613   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22   Alternative ISBN 9780739312506

		Introduction		1
1		The Founding Fathers		13
2		Your Trusted Friends		31
3		Behind the Counter		59
4		Success		91
5		Why the Fries Taste Good		111
6		On the Range		133
7		Cogs in the Great Machine		149
8		The Most Dangerous Job		169
9		What's in the Meat		193
10		Global Realization		225
		Epilogue: Have It Your Way		255
		Photo Credits		273
		Notes		274
		Bibliography		330
		Acknowledgments		336
		Index		339

, .."Schlosser is a serious and diligent reporter..." "[Fast Food Nation] is a fine piece of muckraking, alarming without beling alarmist." - Rob Walker, NYTBR 1/21/01

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